Archie

Meanings

1. A diminutive of the male given name Archibald, from the Germanic languages, also used as a formal given name.
2. A female given name.
3. A ghost town in Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
4. A city in Cass County, Missouri, United States.
5. A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Ellice-Archie.

1. Anti-aircraft artillery.
2. A piece of anti-aircraft ordnance.

1. An Acorn Archimedes computer.

1. Alternative form of Archie (“anti-aircraft artillery”).

Etymology

Clipping of Archibald + -ie. The sense “anti-aircraft artillery” is said to be from airmen dodging hostile fire and shouting “Archibald, certainly not”, the refrain of a then popular music hall song of the same name first performed by George Robey in 1911. This habit probably originated with the pilot and commander Amyas Borton (1886–1969).